Tennis racket



TENNIS RACKET Filed March 8, 1924 mum AIHHHH WIHHHIW- Patented May 5,1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY G. LEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TENNIS RACKET.

Application filed March 8, 1924. Serial No. 697,688.

rackets which have a slot in the throat, running substantially in theplane of the string ing, whereby theracket is made more resilient and soless liable to break in the hoop near the throat. Heretofore, such slotshave been cut in such rackets with parallel walls, wh ch form of slotsis not the best because they remove too much wood near the stringing andnot enough at the handle end. The object of my invention is to overcomethis defeet by making a racket in the proper form with greater strengthand better resiliency than has heretofore been obtainable. This objectis accomplished by my invention, one

embodiment of which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my invention, reference is to be'hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in whichi Figure lis a plan View of a tennis racket embodying my improvement and Figure 2is an edge view of the same.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

My improved tennis racket 1 has a head 2 provided with a hoop 3 of theusual form and stringing 4 which is placed in the con ventional mannerand also a handle 5 and a throat 6. 'All these parts are conventionaland need no further description The throat 6 also has a slot 7 of novelform which extends clear through, as indicated in Figure 1. This slot 7,at the handle end, has its largest cross section and tapers from this tonear a line, as shown in Figure 2, so that when the racket is in use anda ball is struck, the stresses are imparted through the stringing 3 tothe frame 1} and thence along the racket through the throat 6 and handle5.

Theadvai'itage of making the opening 7 in the form shownis that theremaining portion of the handle and throat have a substantially uniformthickness of material so that the two parts have a substantially uniformstrength throughout and give a uniform resistance to bending so that theracket will bend better and function better than it would if the slotswere made in the old way with parallel sides.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it isobvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enoughto cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

, A tennis racket having a head, a handle,

- and a throat intermediate of said handle and said head, said throathaving a tapered slot substantially throughout its length in the planeof the head and with this slot widest at the handle end, whereby theracket HARRY C. LEE.

